When my wife and I were first married we had these big dreams. Find a home close to downtown and live the busy city life. This lasted about one year before we relized it was not for us. The advantages of our first rental home did however pay off. We were close to the park, we were in charge of the upkeep on the house, and we lived next door to two very friendly hippies.

After the first year we started looking for something further out of town. There was three things I was looking for.

Larger yard

Garage

Basement

...Soon after discovered that these are very hard to find in Winston Salem, NC. Thanks be to God however that we found a home with all three!! "I cannot express the excitement level in text." Below is our first home.